One of the main problems of a website is they are slow to load and when they load, there are broken links or images. Aside from that, some old websites have weak security that they are prone to attacks and hacks. Also, old website, when they receive a sudden surge of traffic, they tend to get slower or they get an unexpected downtime.

What is hosting?

Hosting is like renting a space on a public server so your website can be accessible to everyone that is connected to the internet. You upload your website to that server and point your domain name to it.

There are two types of hosting: unmanaged and managed hosting. Unmanaged hosting is the necessary uploading of your website in a public server and points your domain name to it. On the other hand, with managed hosting, you get other services aside from renting a space on the public server.

Some of the additional services that you get when you have a managed hosting are security, support, scalability among others.

Unmanaged vs. Managed Hosting

If managed hosting has additional benefits as compared to unmanaged, why are there still people and businesses choosing unmanaged hosting over the managed hosting?

One reason is that with unmanaged hosting, you have control over everything. You can modify the settings to your preference. It is also cheaper since you are only renting a space on the server.

If you are skilled and well experienced with website development, then unmanaged hosting may be right for you since you have the knowledge and the skill to set up and maintain your website even it is connected to a public server.

On the other hand, if you do not have the knowledge, skill or at least the time to manage and maintain your hosting, then managed hosting is for you. There is an expert who will help you set up your website or migrate your Wordpress site from unmanaged hosting to managed hosting. Also, these experts will provide support and maintenance to your website so you can focus on other aspects of your business.

If you are still in doubt about using managed hosting for your business, these benefits might help you decide.

1. It is simple and easy to use.

As mentioned earlier, you need skills and knowledge when you are using unmanaged hosting since you will be the one to set up and maintain your website. On the other hand, when migrating to managed Wordpress hosting, there is a support team that will assist you in setting it up. They will provide expert support in migrating your Wordpress website. You don’t have to read articles or watch tutorial videos just to figure everything out.

So if you are a professional or a busy business owner who does not have an idea on where to start, managed hosting is the perfect hosting for you. You don’t need to worry about the complicated technicalities of migrating the website from one hosting to another. Some experts will do that for you.

Moreover, a managed website is straightforward and easy to understand. You won’t have a hard time figuring out how to use and move around your dashboard. Since it is very simple, it is recommended for beginners.

2. It helps you optimize your website.

If your website is slow to load, you can say goodbye to your prospect customer. No one has the patience to wait for a website to load if there are hundreds of other websites out there who load faster than yours. Time is precious and every time your website is slow, you are losing valuable leads. So one thing that you need to focus on when building a website is speed.

One reason for this is that Google is also quick to reward those websites with better speed performance. Google usually put them on the top of their search results. But if you have a slow loading website, this will give you a high bounce rate, and Google will detect your website as a poor performing website, putting you at the end of their search results. And you don’t want that to happen.

Managed hosting can help you optimize and speed up the performance of your website. How? Most of the servers of managed hosting are optimized to provide faster performance. It also has other features to ensure that your website has the minimum website speed. One of the ways that managed hosting do for this to be possible is that they ban specific plugins that affect your website speed.

This is something that an unmanaged hosting cannot do unless you are a skilled and experienced website developer who knows how to tweak things to work out for you.

3. It provides expert support

One of the best things about managed hosting that unmanaged hosting does not have is that it has experts who are ready to provide assistance whenever you need it. This means you get technical support 24/7.

So if you are experiencing problems with your website in the middle of the night, you can message or email your managed hosting provider to check it out for you.

This is something that unmanaged hosting does not have. However, if you are an expert on the technical aspects, then you can handle the issue or the bugs that you found on your website yourself.

But if you are a professional or a businessman who is busy and does not have time to fix this, then you definitely need managed hosting.

4. It has additional features and support

If you are running your website in an unmanaged hosting, you need to focus and supervise your website now and then. Which means you will be spending a lot of time just checking if your website is smoothly running or if there are things that need upgrade or backup.

However, if you are with a managed hosting provider, they provide additional services like running regular backups and updates. They also perform administrative and performance related tasks. They also protect your website from possible vulnerabilities and attacks. They are also quick to fix crashes and bugs if there are any.

In short, you can relax that everything is being taken care of in the background because there is a team that is handling everything for you.

5. It has better security

As mentioned, some experts are looking after your website. Which means, they are also on the lookout for possible attacks and hacks. So you don’t need to worry if someone is hacking your website. There is a team that is in constant lookout for possible suspicious activities.

These experts are also the same people who will handle your site backups in the event of an attack. So if there is a fantastic hack on your website, you are assured that your website is safe and backups are in place.

These are just some of the benefits that you need to consider why you need to migrate your Wordpress website to a managed hosting.

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